Settlement History In the Northwest – After 1930 Columbia Basin Project, Irrigated Agriculture, Aluminum Industry Industries stimulated in WW II: aerospace, shipbuilding Port Functions High-Technology Industry Producer services Health Services, Consumer Services Research, Government, Education, Social, and Military Services Trade & Tourism
The Historic and Modern Role of Timber in the Washington Economy Labor productivity clearly evident
Washington State Employment
Share of Washington State Jobs
Employment Trend - Technology Based Industries- Washington State
The Growth of Nonearnings Income (Transfer payments, Dividends, Interest, Rent)
Non-Earnings Income Trend: It is now a substitute for work in many regional economy’s economic base
Stability in Shares of Regional Population Since 1920
Metropolitan Population Shares Have Continued to Increase (2009 metro definitions)
Metro Growth Rates Have Consistently Outpaced Nonmetro Growth Rates Based on 2009 Definitions of Metro and Nonmetro
Population Change
Percentage Change in Northwest Population
National Data: The PNW may be different
National Data: The PNW May Be Different
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Nonmetro Population change
Percentage Change in Population
Nonmetro Population Change